XHTML & CSS Tutorial - Basic Tags

These are some of the basic tags that you might use on your website.

<strong>

The <strong> tag makes text stand out. It's just like bold writing.
Example:

<p>This text is normal. <strong>This text uses the strong tag</strong></p>

This text is normal. This text uses the strong tag

<i>

The <i> tag makes the text italic.
Example:

<p>This text is normal. <i>This text uses the italic tag</i></p>

This text is normal. This text uses the italic tag

<u>

The <u> tag makes the text underlined. You should use this as little as possible as people now assume anything underlined is a link to somewhere
Example:

<p>This text is normal. <u>This text uses the underline tag</u></p>

This text is normal. This text uses the underline tag

<br />

The <br /> tag is just like pressing enter on you keyboard. It starts a new line
Example:

<p>This is line one. <br />This is line two.</p>

This line one.
This is line two.

<hr />

The <hr /> tag creates a horizontal line across the page
Example:

<p>This is above the line. <hr />This is below the line.</p>

This above the line.


This is below the line.

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